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A row of brick commercial buildings on Regent Street featuring George Bolton's shop with a person cycling past on the road.

106 Regent Street, Cambridge, George Bolton’s.

106 (37) Regent Street, Cambridge

History of 106 Regent Street

1861

Ebenezer Field, 26, chemist, b Cambridge

Betsey, 22, b Cambridge

Harriett, 4 mos, b Cambridge

Ebenezer Field was also a photographer


1871

Ebenezer Field, 36, chemist and druggist

Elizabeth, 30

Harriett, 10, b Cambridge

Clara, 8, b Cambridge

Alice, 6, b Cambridge

Ebenezer, 4, b Cambridge

Lomas, 2, b Cambridge

Arthur, 8 mos, b Cambridge

Lucy Northrup, 16, servant, b Cambridge


1881

(37) Elizabeth Taverner, 64, bazaar keeper, b Peterborough

Jane, 29, b Peterborough

Gertrude Swaffield, granddaughter, 11, b Peterborough

Ann Tinkler, 16, servant, b Hunts

(37a) Thomas M Rutter, 37, tea dealer, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 33, b Northumberland

Errington M, son, 4, b Surrey

Thomas, under 12 mos, b Cambridge

Theresa Hodson, 14, servant,  b Cambs

(37b) Sophia Young, 43, fancy draper, b Sussex

Jane Nicoll, 40,  fancy draper, b Liverpool


1891

Frederick Wicks, 33, widower, stationer and draper’s assistant, b Essex

Ann L Wheeler, sister, 44, assistant, b Hants

Charles Wheeler, father in law, 69, retired builder, b IOW

Sarah M, mother in law, 70, living on her means, b London

Mercy Beard, 16, servant,  b Bottisham

(37a) Charles Banham, 46, bootmaker, b Cambridge

Louisa K, 46, b Cambridge

Jessie L, 18, milliner’s apprentice,  b Cambridge

Florence S, 17, mother’s help, b Cambridge

Helena, 15, university crest designer, b Cambridge

Herbert C, 18, b Cambridge

Harold B, 10, b Cambridge

(37b): vacant


1901

(37) vacant

(37a) J B Marten, wife, 25, lodging house keeper, b Cambridge

Harry Benton, son, 6, b Cambridge

Alice Benton, sister in law, 17, b Cambridge

John M Penberthy, boarder, 40, fancy leather goods, b London

William Colyer, boarder, 37, living on own means, b Sussex

(37b) vacant


1911

George Bolton, 56, haulage contractor, b Cambridge

Mary Elizabeth, 46, b Cambridge

Alice, 22, b Cambridge

Tom, 20, butcher, b Cambridge

Olive Winifred, 8, b Cambridge

George, 4, b Cambridge


1913

George Bolton, furniture remover and warehouseman, coal and gravel merchant


1918

Mary Elizabeth Bolton died 17.12.1918 aged 55


1962 (106/8)

C P Page Ltd, jewellers

C P Page Ltd started in 1929 at 41 Lensfield Road. Cecil Page did his apprenticeship in London during WWI for 10s a week. (CWN 26.11.1981)

 

A row of brick commercial buildings on Regent Street featuring George Bolton's shop with a person cycling past on the road.A row of yellow brick buildings on Regent Street featuring the Old Bicycle Shop with two people seated on a bench outside.

 

 

Sources

  • 1861 census
  • 1871 census
  • 1881 census
  • 1891 census
  • 1901 census
  • 1911 census
  • Kellys Directory

Tags

  • Then and Now

Projects

  • Regent Street

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